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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ove Interest?
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:00:59 +0700
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On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:02:16 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 2/27/2025 2:12 AM, John B. wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:30:03 -0500, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> And John, a college education in engineering is open to everyone. So are
>>> jobs in engineering. Or at least, those things are open to everyone with
>>> enough intelligence. I assume you chose not to pursue those things, just
>>> as I chose not to pursue formal shooting competitions.
>> 
>> Ah Frankie, back to your old tricks again. You tell a lie, i.e. an
>> untruth,  and  you are corrected. You then change the subject... just
>> as Tom does. Although Tom does seems to be doing it less frequently
>> recently.
>> 
>> Exhibit #1... "a college education in engineering is open to
>> everyone."?
>> Really? Just walk into the collage  and tell them I want an
>> engineering educations and Bingo! You become  a collage student?
>
>If you qualify with sufficient evidence of intelligence, yes. Schools 
>generally don't want to waste resources on the uneducable.
>
>But you may first have to know how to spell "college."   ;-)
>
>It's not that different from competitive shooting, John. You wouldn't 
>welcome a person with uncontrollable tremors onto your target shooting 
>team, so it's not really "open to anyone." We wouldn't welcome a person 
>who couldn't learn algebra into our engineering school, but it's open to 
>anyone who's qualified.


Really? Open to anyone that qualifies? 
Strange. In my case and my brothers money was the consideration - no
money, no school. Do you live in some Nirvana  where anyone that
wishes can wander in off the street, sit down and become a student?
-- 
Cheers,

John B.